Although we have officially left Scotland I feel the trip would not be complete without an explanation of how the tougher Scots spend their weekends.

In 1891 Sir Hugh T Munro used a barometer and made a definitive list of all the mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet, it turns out there were 282 and they are now called Munros. If you “bag” all the Munros (ie. climb them) you qualify s a “Compleatist” (archaic spelling).

For those less enthusiastic there are also Corbetts which are hills between 2,500 and 3,000ft named after John Rooke Corbett who was a very active member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. Apparently there are currently 220 Corbetts. How this number is likely to change eludes me, I can only guess a creative person could build there own Corbett.

For those lazy people out there the Scots have identified Grahams which are are hills between 2,000 and 2,499ft. They used to be known as Lesser Corbetts (LC’s or Elsies) but the name was changed to Graham in memory of Fiona Torbet (nee Graham) who published her own list of these hills in 1992.

Munroists accessing the no doubt soon to be renamed “Inaccessible Pinnacle”

By the way, It is very unlikely that any of the current party will bag any Munros, Corbetts or Grahams this year.